A BIRMINGHAM MP has asked the Home Secretary to investigate claims that extremists were allowed to use a mosque where he was a trustee.

Khalid Mahmood wants Theresa May to examine events at North London Central Mosque in Finsbury Park, where jailed hate preacher Abu Hamza once held court.

But mosque’s leaders claim the MP is making “false claims” which could lead to “Islamophobic attacks”.

Mr Mahmood became a trustee in 2003 at the request of local Muslims, who were furious that Hamza had hijacked the mosque.

But the MP for Perry Barr has now resigned, after claiming that his signature was forged on legal documents. Mr Mahmood has also urged Theresa May to reveal any information she has received from US authorities regarding claims – strongly denied by the mosque’s trustees – that it hosted sermons by Anwar al-Awlaki, an Islamic lecturer accused by the US of recruiting and training terrorists for Al Qaeda.